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Cong Li

Arizona State University

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Synthetic Biology· 2 Bioinformatics· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:drug response / drug discovery· 1 Organism:human· 1 Organism:plant (other)· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 1 Assay:whole-exome sequencing· 1

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Abhay PrasadiD· 1 shared Alexandra Petrova· 1 shared Bingzhou Huang· 1 shared Bolan Yu· 1 shared Cheng LiiD· 1 shared Cuiting FangiD· 1 shared Deeksha SatyabolaiD· 1 shared Di LiuiD· 1 shared

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Programmable Self-Assembly of RNA Nanostructures with >100 Unique Components

Liangxiao Chen, Zhishang Li, Jun Yan, Swarup Dey, Cong Li, Alexandra Petrova, Abhay Prasad, Deeksha Satyabola, Kira DeVore, Xinyi Tu, Yanzhe Qu, Shiyumou Wang, Gengshi Wu, Po‐Lin Chiu, Di Wen, , Di Liu

This paper introduces a method to create complex RNA nanostructures with over 100 unique components using dsRNA bricks, overcoming limitations of RNA scalability and stability.

bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2026 · PreprintSynthetic Biology

Discovery of ARQ-501 as a potent PafA inhibitor that elevates KatG levels to potentiate isoniazid in mycobacteria

Cong Li, Bingzhou Huang, Hang Xiong, Qiaohua Yan, Yan Liu, Cuiting Fang, Youfu Luo, Peng Xu, Ting Luo, Qingxiang Sun

The paper identifies ARQ-501 as a PafA inhibitor that increases KatG levels, enhancing isoniazid efficacy against tuberculosis.

bioRxiv · Jun 3, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

WITER: A powerful method for the estimation of cancer-driver genes using a weighted iterative regression accurately modelling background mutation rate

Lin Jiang, Jingjing Zheng, Johnny Sheung Him Kwan, Sheng Dai, Cong Li, Mulin Jun Li, Bolan Yu, Ka Fai To, Pak Chung Sham, Yonghong Zhu, Miaoxin Li

WITER improves cancer-driver gene detection by accurately modeling background mutations, identifying 178 driver genes across 26 cancers with high validation rates.

bioRxiv · Feb 10, 2019 · PreprintBioinformatics

Gossypol biosynthesis in cotton revealed through organ culture, plant grafting and gene expression profiling

Tianlun Zhao, Jiahui Hu, Cheng Li, Cong Li, Lei Mei, Jinhong Chen, Shuijin Zhu

This study identifies the root system as the main site of gossypol biosynthesis in cotton through organ culture, grafting, and gene expression analysis.

bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2017 · PreprintSynthetic Biology